Is the siwak a recommended practice?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. You must hand the money to him directly, hand to hand, and then he may dispose of it as he wishes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He knows what is best.[Al-Ma'arij 70:24-25], so the scholars stipulate taking possession of the money. It is not permissible to buy a need with it, as he may or may not be in need of it.
The questioner : Fine; if he asks, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He says, regarding permission, that the money requested, this thousand riyals you want to give us, is...
The Shaykh : In that case, the matter remains an agency, and there is no objection.
The questioner : ... the siwak.
The Shaykh : The siwak?
The questioner : ... but some people...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, I have no doubt that those who criticize this habit are the ones who do not use the siwak; and in that case, people follow customs. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in an authentic hadith:, so what our brothers do today in this country is undoubtedly from the Sunnah. But in other countries that have not adopted this Prophetic habit, it is they who find these things objectionable. So if they do not practice this Sunnah, since it is a Sunnah and not an obligation, because the Messenger said: , he did not command them to do it, but at the very least, they should not find this Sunnah objectionable as long as it is an authentic Sunnah.
Other than that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is authentic, without a doubt. Some of our students in Syria graduated from medicine based on... some theses.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. You must hand the money to him directly, hand to hand, and then he may dispose of it as he wishes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He knows what is best.
(24) And those within whose wealth is a known right (25) For the petitioner and the deprived -
وفي أموالهم حقٌّ معلوم للسائل والمحرومThe questioner : Fine; if he asks, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He says, regarding permission, that the money requested, this thousand riyals you want to give us, is...
The Shaykh : In that case, the matter remains an agency, and there is no objection.
The questioner : ... the siwak.
The Shaykh : The siwak?
The questioner : ... but some people...
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, I have no doubt that those who criticize this habit are the ones who do not use the siwak; and in that case, people follow customs. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in an authentic hadith:
If it were not that I would burden my Ummah, I would have commanded you to use the siwak with every ablution and with every prayer
لولا أن أشقَّ على أمتي لَأمرتكم بالسواك عند كل وضوء ، وعند كل صلاةIf it were not that I would burden
لولا أن أشقَّOther than that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is authentic, without a doubt. Some of our students in Syria graduated from medicine based on... some theses.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
Please proceed.
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